Deck 8: Individual Differences, diversity, and Practical Applications: Multiple Paths to Uniqueness

Question 1

The Big 5 personality trait that has been consistently shown to have a particularly strong relationship with self-leadership is:

A)conscientiousness
B)extraversion
C)openness to experience
D)agreeableness

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the five cultural dimensions are likely to lead to influencing individuals on engaging in self-leadership?

A)Individualism and power distance
B)Masculinity and power distance
C)Uncertainty avoidance and individualism
D)All of Hofstede's cultural dimensions are likely to influence engagement in self-leadership

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What types of personal problems have been used to alter dysfunctional,habitual behaviors?

A)Weight loss and eating problems
B)Eating problems
C)Smoking problems and eating problems
D)Weight loss,eating problems,and smoking problems

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following are cues that when controlled through self-leadership can help individuals to lose weight?

A)TV and reading
B)Reading and socialization
C)Socialization
D)TV,reading,and socialization

Question 5

Which of the following groups is more likely according to research to engage in self-leadership strategies?

A)Males
B)Females
C)Neither
D)There has not been definitive research showing that one group is more likely to engage in self-leadership.

Question 6

Which of the following can be used to help create a better work-family balance?

A)Self-leadership
B)Protean career
C)Personality
D)Locus of control

Question 7

A career that is self-directed,boundaryless,and requires reformulation is:

A)traditional career
B)directed career
C)normal career
D)protean career

Question 8

Self-leadership can be interacting with which of the following individual differences?

A)Gender and age
B)Cultural or educational background
C)Personality traits
D)Gender,age,personality traits,and cultural background

Question 9

An individual who prefers a highly structured and non-autonomous job situation would be likely to engage in which of the following?

A)Low self-leadership
B)Moderate self-leadership
C)High self-leadership
D)No self-leadership

Question 10

Any characteristic that can be different between two people is called:

A)a personality trait
B)an individual difference
C)an experience
D)a self-leadership

Question 11

Which of the following would be an example of individual differences?

A)Work experience and educational background
B)Educational background and age
C)Age and gender
D)Age,gender,work experience,and educational background

Question 12

All of the following are examples of individual differences except:

A)personality traits
B)gender
C)cultural background
D)all of the above are examples of individual differences

Question 13

According to the text,if an individual is which of the following personality types on the Myers-Briggs Type indicator would they be most likely to benefit from engagement in self-leadership skills?

A)ESTJ
B)INFP
C)INTP
D)ESTP

Question 14

A relatively stable pattern of traits and characteristics that help shape a person's behavior and make them unique is:

A)experience
B)individual differences
C)personality
D)self-leadership skills

Question 15

A boundaryless career is also known as a:

A)protean career
B)traditional career
C)self-leadership
D)directed career

Question 16

Which of the following groups is more likely according to research to engage in self-leadership strategies?

A)Young people
B)Older people
C)Middle-aged people
D)Elderly people

Question 17

Which of the following type of individual would be most likely to benefit from engagement in self-leadership strategies?

A)External locus of control and INTP
B)INTP and low conscientiousness
C)Low conscientiousness
D)External locus of control,INTP,and low conscientiousness

Question 18

Which of the following would represent an individual who is a natural self-leader?

A)High self-monitor
B)Low self-monitor
C)External locus of control
D)Low conscientiousness

Question 19

What has been shown to be an extremely useful self-leadership strategy for losing weight?

A)Self-talk and self-punishment
B)Mental imagery and self-punishment
C)Self-punishment
D)Self-talk and mental imagery

Question 20

Self-leadership in a masculine culture may be motivated by which of the following?

A)Material outcomes and enhancing relationships
B)Economic outcomes and enhancing relationships
C)Material outcomes and economic outcomes
D)Enhancing relationships

Question 21

Individuals come from a variety of diverse backgrounds.With specific importance to self-leadership,how have different age groups,genders,and cultures embraced engagement in self-leadership strategies?

Question 22

The increase in which of the following has placed a greater importance on the usage of self-leadership skills:

A)self-managed teams
B)globalization
C)multinational corporations
D)crisis teams

Question 23

Self-leadership is not of importance when individuals are placed in uniquely autonomous jobs.

Question 24

Which of the following self-leadership strategies has been shown to be useful for swimmers preparing for the feeling of the water,strokes,and breathing before the race?

A)Thought patterns
B)Mental imagery
C)Beliefs and assumption
D)Self-talk

Question 25

There has been a significant relationship that has been found,showing that males are more likely to engage in self-leadership strategies than females.

Question 26

Which of the following self-leadership strategies can be useful when working in an autonomous job setting?

A)Setting personal goals and self-punishment
B)Rehearsing sales presentations
C)Seeking natural rewards of the job and using self-punishment
D)Setting personal goals,rehearsing sales presentations,and seeking natural rewards of the job

Question 27

Describe what is mean by the concept of individual differences.What are some examples of items that can be considered to be individual differences? Are self-leadership abilities something that is an individual difference and if so,please explain why?

Question 28

The use of which of the following self-leadership strategies can be useful in completing a mile in a specific time for a runner?

A)Self-observation
B)Self goal-setting
C)Self-punishment
D)Self-reward

Question 29

A protean career is another name for a traditional career path.

Question 30

Individual differences are any item on which different people can have different characteristics.

Question 31

The most common self-leadership strategies for improving athletic performance that have been used are self-goal setting and mental imagery.

Question 32

Which of the following self-leadership strategies can be most useful in improving free throw shooting for a basketball player?

A)Self-observation
B)Self-talk
C)Self-goal-setting
D)Self-reward

Question 33

Identify what a protean career is and how self-leadership strategies can influence this particular career.How can the protean career play a role in a work-family balance?

Question 34

A particularly interesting example that is challenging and invites the usage of self-leadership skills according to the text is:

A)sales
B)entrepreneurship
C)management
D)R and D

Question 35

Which problems related to management may self-leadership skills be applied to?

A)Stress
B)Personal effectiveness
C)Managing time
D)All of the above

Question 36

The relationship between self-leadership and extraversion has been consistently found to be the strongest between self-leadership and the Big 5 personality traits.

Question 37

Which of the following is interpersonal behavior that imagined experiences have been applied to-for example with a meal that was ordered wrong at a restaurant?

A)Assertiveness
B)Extraversion
C)Conscientiousness
D)Agreeableness

Question 38

Self-leadership has been shown to positively relate to and improve weight loss,eating problems,and smoking problems.

Question 39

Which of the following self-leadership strategies has been shown to be useful in golfers finding their ideal golf swing to improve their game?

A)Mental imagery
B)Thought patterns
C)Beliefs and assumptions
D)Self-talk

Question 40

An area of research that has taken self-leadership strategies and applied them to sports is:

A)sports self-leadership
B)sports psychology
C)sports self-influence
D)sports personalities

Question 41

Discuss the relationships that have been examined between self-leadership and the Big 5 personality traits? What do these findings show in relationships to self-leadership?

Question 42

Explain the role of self-leadership strategies in various athletic endeavors.What particular self-leadership strategies can impact success in athletics to varying degrees?